Karl Meltzer wasn't the fastest growing up, but he's always been a mean strategist – something he says is necessary, along with an insatiable hunger for pain and suffering, for anyone who wants to accomplish the feat of finishing a 100-mile race.
In the nineties, Meltzer snagged his first sponsorship deal: About $500 a year to run with Montrail. Since then, he's won more 100 mile races than any other athlete in history and continues to push the envelope when it comes to ultrarunning by doing something most athletes of his caliber would never dream of attempting. At 58 years old, Meltzer has just six 100 mile races left until he has completed one-hundred 100-mile races.
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